Electronic device and method for controlling the same
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Solution Overview
Problem
Repetitive coupling and decoupling of accessories to electronic devices, especially under shock conditions, leads to terminal deterioration, reducing communication success rates and efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device equipped with sensors and a communicator for wireless communication, which detects accessory coupling, pairs based on strongest advertising signals, and verifies accessory type through state information matching, ensuring accurate wireless connection without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wired connection with terminal is used for accessory coupling, then communication connection can be established, but terminal deterioration occurs due to repeated coupling and decoupling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical wired connection system with a wireless communication system. The electronic device uses wireless communication modules to exchange data with accessories without physical contact, eliminating terminal wear while maintaining communication reliability. The wireless system uses electromagnetic fields instead of mechanical electrical contacts.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If wireless communication is implemented, then terminal deterioration is prevented, but connection accuracy may decrease due to interference from multiple nearby accessories
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the electronic device receives data from multiple accessories via wireless communication, compares the received data with stored reference information, and identifies the coupled accessory based on matching criteria. This feedback loop ensures accurate identification despite presence of multiple accessories.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses unique identification data characteristics (analogous to color changes) for different accessories. Each accessory has distinctive data patterns that the electronic device recognizes to differentiate between multiple accessories and accurately identify the coupled one through data matching.
3Speed
If pairing is performed with strongest advertising signal, then connection speed is improved, but connection accuracy may decrease due to signal interference
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing reference information from multiple accessories before establishing the actual connection. The electronic device pre-processes advertising signals, stores accessory data patterns, and prepares identification criteria in advance, enabling both fast connection and accurate identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses feedback by comparing received advertising signal data with stored reference information. The system continuously monitors and validates the connection target through data matching, ensuring that the fastest connection also maintains high accuracy by verifying accessory identity through data comparison.
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AI summary
An electronic device and method thereof. The electronic device includes a sensor; a communicator including circuitry configured to perform wireless communication; and a controller configured to, in response to detection of coupling of the electronic device to an accessory of the electronic device based on an output of the at least one sensor, control the communicator to execute pairing according to a highest strength of an advertising signal among a plurality of accessories of a same type as a type of the accessory coupled to the electronic device, and determine whether a paired accessory, which is paired with the communicator according to the pairing, corresponds to the accessory coupled to the electronic device based on whether state information received from the paired accessory corresponds to state information of the electronic device.